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Serjeant A MAINLAND

Service Number: S/1749
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 July 1916

Age 40 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MEAULTE MILITARY CEMETERY

E. 35.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Mary Mainland, of South Voe, Dunrossness, Shetland.
  • Personal Inscription A SHETLANDER SOME DAY WE'LL CLASH THY HAND IN FOR BRIGHT LAND MOTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

MEAULTE MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 311
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